1) At first requisition is said to have been in live cattle—
this caused extreme dissatisfaction among the peasants. It
was even said that they “were being robbed”.

Later (in X. 1920) the requisition is said to have been
switched from live cattle to meat (.13 pounds per cow, 26
pounds per pig, 7 pounds per sheep, etc.). The peasants
were highly satisfied with this change.

The requisition is now said to be again in live cattle:
there is again dissatisfaction and bitterness among the
peasants.

2) The former Baryatinsky estate (later owned by a
German, something like Schalart) in Silkovo Volost, probably
more than 1,000 dessiatines.

This has been taken over for a state farm, the land is
lying waste, millions are said to be taken from the treasury,
no more than 5 dessiatines ploughed up in 1920. Ten (out of
about 100) horses and 30–40 (out of 200) cows remain. No
one is working hard. The furniture has been pilfered, etc.

The peasants in the neighbourhood are very much in need
of land and are highly disgruntled at not being given
either meadow or land.